Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-06-02

sentenced to seventeen years in the State
penitentiary by Judge Loofbourow.
The brake tests which have been going
on at Burlington for the past few weeks
closed May 80. The committees official
report will be made to the master car
builders association at their meeting in
Minneapolis June IA.
Atwelye year old son of Jacob Antrim,
residing two miles west of Atlantic, was
drowned while in bathing May 30.
The hom9paths of the state gathered
in convention in Des Moines recently,
and discussed the ways and means to
throw the race to the graveyard. 1t was
a notable gathering and divided the hon
ors with the convention of undertakes.
Both bodies seemed linked by uncom-
mon ties of sympathy
A nine-year- old daughter Of r. Hawley,
of Stuart, was fatally burned May 20, by
an explosion of gasoline. She poured
some of the fluid on kindlings in starting
fire, installing it for kerosene
A fire, at Oakland. Pottawattamie
county, May %, destroyed the greater
part of the business houses The fire
originated in Huff & Perry's furniture
establishment, probably by spontaneous
combustion, and spread to both sides of
the street, taking nearly every store.
The loss above insurance is $25, 000 Eight
families are homeless.
A tough known as Bud" Smith APP
piled at the Jail in Des Moines May 2S for
permission to see friend confined
inside. The jailer very cheerfully
complied, and as soon as he had
stepped behind the bars locked
the door and made him q prisoner, and
then informed him that he was wanted
on an Indictment for breaking into car.
found against him two years ago Smith,
at the time, ran away. and supposed that
his offense had been forgotten and came
back to town recently. but the long mem
DRY of the jailer recognized him and very
cleverly effected his capture
There seems to be no doubt that the
fend who murdered the Falls family near
Bussey, May 20, has been found in the
arrest of one David S. Hites, man who
has been insane and who has been roam
ing around the country in a demented
way for some time. Blood was found on
his clothes and other circumstances point
to him as the guilty man.
The Boone Republican says that re-
ports come from Sheldahl that there is
strong talk of moving SheldahI, which
has enjoyed the unique notoriety of being
situated in the three corners of Boone,
Polk and Story counties. and relocating
it mile north of the present site at the
crossing of the Northwestern and Mil
waukee roads. Mr. jerks, who owns the
territory around the new location, offers
liberal inducements in lots to all house
holders of Shedahl who will remove their
buildings, with donations for churches
school houses, etc, and with the adVan-
tages location with two great trunk
lines would give it Is said to be very
likely that the present town will be taken
up bodily and moved. The Northwestern
opposes the transfer, but the Milwaukee
promises to take good care of the new
towns interests.
Chinch bugs are destroying large fields
of grain in the vicinity of West Side.
Francis Murphy, the temperance advo.
cate has opened campaign at Clinton.
Thirteen counties in the State report
the Punishment of saloons
Frank Brandon, promising young man
of Dubuque, 10 years old was drowned
at East Dubuque May 81. In company
with another boy he hired skiff, which
they rowed across the river. When they
landed they forgot to tie the boat, which
floated Off Brandon stripped off his
clothes and swan out to catch the skiff,
but sunk before reaching it.
The steam roller Touring mills Of Rem
wick, were struck by lightning May 20,
about midnight and burned to the ground.
nothing being saved. Loss $4,000; insur-
ance $4,000 This is almost an irreparable
blow to the worthy proprietors, Messrs.
J. and S. A. Lum, and loss keenly felt
by the town, as we'll No mill in North
ern Iowa had higher reputation, and it
drew custom for over twenty miles. 1t
will probably be rebuilt at once
Albert Sullivan, coal miner, was
killed by Milwaukee train in the su.
burbs of Ottumwa on the night of May
25. His head, arms and legs were cut of.
The new Jail at Carroll is nearing COM
pletion. 1t is handsome structure and
will save Carroll large expense, as the
Jail tenants heretofore have been trans
ported to and kept at Council Bluffs.
Blanche Munger, who attempted to
destroy her life at her home in Anamosa
recently. was still alive when last heard
from. When temporarily deranged. it
is thought, she set fire to her dress, a
mother hubbard, which soon was in a
sheet of flames She stood the pain as
long as possible and then rushed about
the house and into the cellar, screaming
in her terrible agony. When the blaze
was subducd nothing of her whole raj
ment remained but piece Of her corset
on her back; her arms were burned so
that the flesh cracked open, and she is so
injured that she cannot live. She said
she was tired of living and thought she
would burn herself up and that it would
not hurt her.
The annual tournament of the Western
Rifle Association will be held this year at
Wapello, commencing August 30 and
continuing four days.
The third animal reunion of the An
cient Order of Hibernian of Iowa is to be
held at Iowa City Thursday, June 2.
The Ryan murder has cost Audubon
county over $4,000.
A fire at the furniture factory at Fair.
field, May 25, destroyed $4,000 feet Of
lumber, and did other damages amount
ing to 81 ,000 Tho main buildings mar
rowly escaped.
About II o'clock on the forenoon Of
May "a, an extra freight train was sent
out of Council Bluffs, over the North
western railway. About mile north of
the company's round house it struck the